Irian Jaya

The tape is in a red BASF LGS 26 box with a spool of 10,2 cm and speed of 19 cm/sec. On the tape are Sounds during the church service in Angguruk, Jalimo. There is loose leaflet in the box which gives a short overview of the contents of the tape. It starts with music recorded by Freerk Kamma among the Mai Brat, a very different region, then follow radio messages, the sound of an airplane, at 3’06 follows a percussion number, western no relation with West Papua at all, then at 5’07 sound of an airplane,  Jali talking, at 7’17 a solo song by a Jali men, at 7’45 angklung and guitar instrumental tune no relationship with West Papua at all, 11’47 Papua tifa song Biak style with distortion, not from Jalimo, 13’57 solo song, 15’10church  bell, 15’50 community singing with the reverend clearly leading. Local Papua languages.
The digitised tape is part of the audio collection of the foundation PACE Papua Cultural Inheritance. For more information or any messages or correspondence contact huublems81@gmail.com or srgales@ziggo.nl

Side A is 17’05

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